Publishers / Dell / The Funnies (1936) / #42
42April 1940
$0.10

The Funnies #42

Dell · April 1940 · on sale 1940-03-15

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Identification plate

Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#42
Publication date
April 1940
Key date
1940-04-00
On-sale date
1940-03-15
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1letters: typesetMr. District Attorney; Speed Martin; Sky Ranger; Bosko; Alley Oop; John Carter; Captain Easy; O'Malley Kids
1New Fast Action Bookspromo (ad from the publisher)1colors: ? (red tones)
2-comic story8script: Edgar Rice Burroughs; pencils: John Coleman Burroughs; inks: John Coleman BurroughsJohn Carter, Kantos Kan
3-comic story4
4-comic story1script: Hugh Harman; pencils: Rudolf Ising; inks: Rudolf Ising
5-comic story10pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams
6-comic story4script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. Hamlin
7-comic story6pencils: Ken Ernst; inks: Ken Ernst
8-comic story6script: Bob Gaylord; pencils: Bob Gaylord; inks: Bob Gaylord
9-comic story1script: Hugh Harman; pencils: Rudolf Ising; inks: Rudolf Ising
10-comic story4pencils: Walt Spouse; inks: Walt Spouse
11-comic story0.3script: Hugh Harman; pencils: Rudolf Ising; inks: Rudolf Ising
13-comic story6pencils: ? [as Peters] (signed); inks: ? [as Peters] (signed)
14-comic story5
15-comic story4script: Win Smith; pencils: Win Smith; inks: Win Smith
16-comic story4script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy CraneWash Tubbs; Captain Easy
17-comic story1script: Hugh Harman; pencils: Rudolf Ising; inks: Rudolf Ising

Plus 1.7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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